Monday, August 16, 2010

Catellocaula vallata Borings on Bryozoan


This hemispherical bryozoan might be a Prasapora simulatrix found in the Kope Formation of Carroll County, Kentucky.  On one side of the bryozoan are borings that are trace fossils called Catellocaula vellata.


Thanks to Bill Heimbrock's Xfossil website entry by Dry Dredger's Ron Fine on the Catellocaula vallata (tunicate).

Last two pictures are top and bottom views of the bryozoan.



See more at the Dry Dredger's website.

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Kope Formation Bryozoan


Bryozoan fossil section found in the Kope Formation of Carroll County, Kentucky. These little moss creatures lived in the Ordovician Period.



Saturday, August 14, 2010

Trilobite Beetle

Not quite fossils or trilobites but these insects look like trilobites in some respects.  According to Wikipedia it is a "Duliticola is a genus of beetles of the family Lycidae."

First YouTube video is of beetle found in Laos.



Second YouTube video is of insect found Borneo